Convertible safety razor, hair trimmer, and comb



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,794

- S. s. BAER CONVERTIBLE SAFETY RAZOR, HAIR TRIMMER, AND COMB FiledApril 15, 1925 vlziarne y, I15 I construction enabling the bladeto bere-' reamed Jan. 5', 1926.,

UNITED {STATES PATENT 'o -ncs.

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Application filed April 15, 1925. Serial N0. 28,488.

To all whom it mtag concern:

Be t known that I, SAMUEL S. Bum, a citizen of the United States,residing at 2417 Madison Avenue, in the city of Baltimore v,monly knownas the Gillette type, one of the improvements being the provision of amoved and replaced without the necessity of separating o1: disconnectingthe bladeclamping elements. y 1

' Another object is to provide an improved safety razor whoseblade-clamping elements cooperate equally well in holding singleedgeblades and double-edge blades in the effective position for properlyshaving.

Another object is to provide an improved combination of a safety razorand hair trimmer; so the hair can be trimmed at the temples and on thenecks of persons, in the generally approved manner, by the persons ofwhom the respective temples and necks are elements, the hair-trimmingfeature including a' comb that acts as a gage to regulate the length ofthe trimmed hair, and the comb also being useful separate from thehair-trimming blade.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in thefollowing detion; Fig. 2 is an end view of the device Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 isan elevation of is of the ordinary Gillette type, having atailsofdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: 40

Fig. 1 -'s a side elevation of a hair-cutting device constructedaccording to this invenshown in 7 one of the blade-clamping elements;'Fig. 4 is an elevation of the single-edge blade formed for use with theother elements of this device; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the otherblade-clamping element.

In these drawings, in which'similar. refer ence characters correspond tosimilar parts throughout the several views, the handle 10 socket (notshown) threaded to receive and adjust'ably hold the screw-stud 11 thatis united with the combined comb and blade-- I clamping element 12 whichis: also provided with the usual dowels 13. This member is provided witha groove. or depression 14 that receives the thickened part or; back 15of the blade whose thinner part is shown at,

16 and terminates in the cutting edge-l7.

This form of blade is provided with notches 1.8 to receive the screw :11and studs or dowels 12 and to combine with the latter for preventing lonitudinal shifting of the blade between t e clamping. elements; 'By

'means of the groove 14 and a similar groove -19 in the combined guardand blade-clamp 20, the blades are prevented from shifting laterallybetween the parts 12 and 20. These grooves and thickened part 15 alsoserve to assure that the blade is properly seated in shaving positionwhen the clamping elements are in their proper position." The part 20has the usual holes 21 to receive the screw "11 and studsor dowels 13.It also has the usual guard-teeth 22. The member -12 has comb-teeth 23.The blades back 15 extends slightly outward beyond the ends of themembers 12'and 20, thus providing a substantial and convenient handle.for placing, removing and replacing the, blade between theblade-clamping members.

The foregoing improvements do not affect the use of 'the blade-holder inconnection and such a blade is indicated at 2 1." This with the Gillettetype of double-edge blade,

reference "character 24 also represents-the single edge of the blade 15when the'latter is reversed for use in combination with the comb, fortrimming hair at a distance from the cuticle. J

The razor is used in the usual we for shaving, but for trimming thehair-or card a distance from the cuticle, the razor edge of thesingle-'edge'blade, or one of the edges of the double-edge blade is usedin combina- 1 tion with the comb-teeth 23. It will be seen I that thecomb-teethwillhold the razor edge at a distance from the cuticle, andthat this distance can be varied by tilting the handle 10 so that thethicker or thinner parts of the teeth will slide on the cuticle; or, forcutting the hair longer than the thickness of thecomb-teeth,'theQpart-of the member '12 at its center orbetween thecenter andthe 1 "comb-teeth is held in contact .with the cuticle during.the shaving operation. In this connection, it. maybe well to remindourselves that shaving is a storm of hair.

trimming, and vice versa, when such hair trimming is eliected with adevice of this character.

Referring to the dotted line position of the blade 24, in Fig. 1, it isseen that the hair-trimming edge is between the handle 10 and the freeends of the comb-teeth and spaced from the latter, and at a considerabledistance from the handle and thus providing an ample clearance to avoidclogging or interference of the cuttings with respect to the hair beingcut.

I do not intend to limit my patent protection to the exact details ofconstruction and arrangement here shown, it being obvious that variouschanges may be made within the scope of the inventive ideas as impliedand claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A safety razor including; two blade clamping elements, one of thelade clamping elements including a razor edge guard, the other of saidclamping elements including a comb, a razor blade, and means cooperativewith the clamping elements for holding the razor blade in cooperativerelation with the razor edge guard and for also hold ing the razor edgein cooperative relation with said comb, for the purposes specified.

2. In a combined shaving and hair-trimming device, the combination oftwo clamping elements, one of these elements including a razoredge'guard, the other of said elements including a comb at one side andalso including a guiding surface, said guidin surface extending fromsaid comb to sai guard, a razor blade between said clamping elements andbeing reversible with respect to saiduard and comb, said guide beingconvexe in such manner that it cooperates with the comb for trimminghair to greaterand less lengths, said guide also being cooperative withsaid guard and with the razor edge for eflecting the cutting of hair atthe cuticle.

3. A combined combing and guiding element of a hair-trimming device,such element including a convex side and a concave side, the concaveside being provided with an element for defining the shaving and haircutting positions of razor blades, the convex side and concaved sideincluding comb-teeth which extend to one edge of this guiding element,the opposite edge of this element being relatively thin and strai ht forholding tions of razor bades and for securing a razor-guard in position,this combing and guiding element including comb-teeth on one edge, andthe opposite ed 'e being relatively thin and straight for holding arazor-blades edge in proper relation to a razor-guard for eii'ecting theoperation of shaving.

5. A device of the kind described consistin of a stem constituting ahandle and provi ed with a blade-supporting element transverselydisposed on one end thereof, and a blade-clamping and flexing memberhaving a blade-overhan ing comb extension projecting a material dlstancelaterally beyond said blade-supporting element.

6. A device of the class described consisting of a handle member, ablade-supporting member consisting of parts of different lengthsprojecting laterally on opposite sides of the handle member, the longerpart constituting a razor-guard, and-a blade-clamping member overlyingboth of said bladesupporting parts, the portion of said clamping memberoverlying the shorter bladesupporting part being provided with combteeth and being materially longer than said shorter blade-supportingart, and the por: tion of said clamping mem er overlying said longerblade-supporting part being shorter than said longer blade-supportingpart.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnature.

- SAMUEL S. BAER.

